US 2013/0157091 A1Published application

Vehicle battery pack container

AssigneeLG Chem, Ltd.

InventorThomas J. Gadawski

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Abstract

A vehicle battery pack container is provided. The container includes a base portion having an aperture extending therethrough, a peripheral wall coupled to the base portion, and a cover coupled to the peripheral wall. The container further includes a venting device having a housing and a ball disposed within an interior region of the housing. The housing is coupled to the base portion such that the venting device is in fluid communication with the aperture in the base portion. The ball seals against a sealing tab of the housing at a first operational position to prevent fluids from passing through the venting device into the container. The ball allows gases from the container to flow through the venting device when the ball is at a second operational position.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A vehicle battery pack container, comprising:

a base portion having an aperture extending therethrough;
a peripheral wall coupled to the base portion,
a cover coupled to the peripheral wall;
a venting device having a housing and a ball disposed within an interior region of the housing, the housing configured to be coupled to the base portion such that the venting device is in fluid communication with the aperture in the base portion;
and
the ball being configured to move within the interior region of the housing between a first operational position and a second operational position, the ball configured to seal against a sealing tab of the housing at the first operational position to prevent fluids from passing through the venting device into an interior region of the vehicle battery pack container, the ball further configured to allow gases from the interior region of the vehicle battery pack container to flow through the venting device when the ball is at the second operational position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/327,124Filed 15 Dec 2011
Published: 20 Jun 2013
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

H01M 50/317
Arrangements for facilitating escape of gases: re-sealable arrangements
H01M 50/227
Of the casings or racks: organic material
H01M 50/278
Characterised by the material: organic material
H01M 2220/20
Batteries for particular applications: batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane

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